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Amherst, Virginia · District

R-1

ResidentialAll Amherst districts0

Dimensional standards

R-1 lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA10,000 sq ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
10,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Uses

Permitted by right8

Conditional / special use4

Accessory2

From the ordinance

| **R-2** | Single-family | 10,000 | 15,000 | 43,560 | | 80 | 100 |
Sec. 24-464. - Minimum lot area and lot width.